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A visit to the Wayside Cemetery ...



Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Wayside Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Wayside Cemetery (FG ID #258056)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Wayside Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wayside Cemetery

Lat:   34.7923°   (34° 47' 32")

Lon:   -101.5473°   (-101° 32' 50")

The Wayside Cemetery is located in Armstrong County<2>.

The county seat for Armstrong County is located in Claude. Claude lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Wayside Cemetery .

Establishment of the Wayside Cemetery ...

The Wayside Cemetery was established in 1893.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Wayside Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Armstrong County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Wayside Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 15 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Wayside Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wayside Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Wayside
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayside have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
      • Wayside is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wayside <5>
    • Vigo Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Happy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Paloduro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paloduro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paloduro
      • Paloduro is located in Armstrong County
    • Tulia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulia
      • Tulia is located in Swisher County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,606 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulia <5>
    • Lake Tanglewood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tanglewood
      • Lake Tanglewood is located in Randall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
    • Palisades
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palisades have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
      • Palisades is located in Randall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Timbercreek Canyon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timbercreek Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek Canyon
      • Timbercreek Canyon is located in Randall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
    • Malden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
      • Malden is located in Armstrong County
    • Continue List   (6 more) ...
      • Claude
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claude
        • Claude is located in Armstrong County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claude <5>
      • Canyon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Silverton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Goodnight
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Washburn
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washburn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
        • Washburn is located in Armstrong County
      • Claytonville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytonville
        • Claytonville is located in Swisher County

    For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

    Nearby communities with newspapers ...

    The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Wayside Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Armstrong County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wayside Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Canyon
      • Canyon lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Wayside Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Canyon.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
    • Claude
      • Claude lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Wayside Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Claude.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claude
    • Happy
    • Silverton
    • Tulia
      • Tulia lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Wayside Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tulia.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulia

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 14 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Wayside Cemetery.<6>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wayside Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Milo Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5414 <1>
    • Happy Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Happy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Happy Cemetery is located in Swisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Happy Cemetery
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Randall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
    • Rose Hill Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Swisher County
      • The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Rose Cemetery
      • Tulia Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6456 <1>
    • Dreamland Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Claude Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Silverton Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Silverton Cemetery is located in Briscoe County
      • The Silverton Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Gods Acre Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silverton Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #793790 <1>
    • Washburn Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Goodnight Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Memory Gardens
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Memory Gardens is located in Randall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Gardens
    • Wright Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wright Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wright Cemetery is located in Swisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wright Cemetery
    • Memorial Park Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Potter County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Amarillo.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5194 <1>
    • Memorial Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Memorial Park is located in Potter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Wayside Cemetery:

    The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Armstrong, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Wayside Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7923, Longitude: -101.5473    
    <4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
    <5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <6>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.









 

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